The making of a documentary photographer
Subtitle: and related material
By: Dorothea Lange; tape recorded interview conducted by Suzanne B. Riess in 1960-1961. Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, California, 1968 :
Contributors: Riess, Suzanne B.; Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.
Published: 1960
Subjects: White, Clarence H., 1871-1925.; Genthe, Arnold, 1869-1942.; Dixon, Maynard, 1875-1946.; United States. Farm Security Administration.; United States. Office of War Information.; United States. War Relocation Authority.; Photographers -- California.; Photography -- United States.; Women photographers.; San Francisco (Calif.) -- Social life and customs.
Description: Early interest in photography; study with Clarence White; work with Arnold Genthe; her photography studio in San Francisco; marriage to Maynard Dixon; Bohemian group in San Francisco; beginnings of documentary photography and photo-journalism; photography work for the U.S. government - Farm Security Administration, Office of War Information and War Relocation Authority; comments on taking, printing, captioning and exhibiting pictures. Photographs inserted. Appended: copy of memorial service; tributes appearing in various magazines; her proposal for a photography center; copies of articles about her, etc.